OK, it's not like I don't have any actual work to do, but I can't help myself. Let's make this red headed Tuesday! Celebrate the fire on top!

Attitude! Sometimes it can be a fault.

Thankfully, I married a brunette. As you men know, they are much more level headed and sensible than this carrot topped harpy.

Bang! The second egg of the season has arrived, and this one is brown and far more round than the first one.

Oystein Ingvaldsen sends this incredible photo of the northern lights over Norway. Wow!

Earth as seen from space can be art. These color enhanced images demonstrate that fact.

Below is the Yukon delta, appearing like a swarm of blood vessels. The delta is protected as a wildlife refuge, and is one of the largest delta fans on the planet.

Below is the Baltic island of Gotland. Surrounding this Swedish island are fantastic swirls of phytoplankton, spun into surrealistic shapes by the currents.

Below are huge sand dunes marching across the empty quarter in Saudi Arabia. A prominent ridge in the center divides the ranks of sand like a scimitar, and is the location of the small, isolated border town of Sharurah. I especially like the lonely clouds floating above the sands, which from below must seem like a cruel whisper reminding one of the cool liquid sea so far away.

Here is a clearer picture of Sharurah, nearly lost in the vast expanse of torrid desert. Would it be a curse or an adventure to live down there?

Mondays are like that.

So this guy is the backup quarterback??? Maybe the pressure of having a screaming 350 pound defensive lineman charging into his grill takes the edge off his accuracy.

Microsoft poison.

As many as a thousand employees at Nokia's offices in Finland marched out in protest of the company's deal to partner with Microsoft in developing the next smartphone.

They should have stayed with their own, homegrown software. After all, it was a Finn who developed Linux!

Pucker factor on this thrill sport = 10

The thirteen year old took her camera out today with the Tokina 11 - 16 wide angle on it and captured these images. Not bad for a kid.

Research on Artificial Photosynthesis gives hope that alternative energy can indeed be produced in economic ways that will allow us eventually to replace fossil fuels.

Faster, please.

Saturday porch pictures.

What a great photo of the remnant gas cloud of the supernova Simeis 147. Scientists believe that this star exploded about 40,000 years ago, meaning that primitive man likely witnessed the flash. This particular gas cloud is a full three degrees wide, or about the distance of six full moons.

Found out about a cool connection today. The actress that plays Karen on The Office is Rashida Jones. She is the daughter of Peggy Lipton and Quincy Jones. Peggy played the female lead in the old hit television series The Mod Squad, and of course Quincy is a famous musician.

Below is Rashida with her sister and mom.

Here is Peggy Lipton in her original role on the Mod Squad. Also, props to "Linc" for the bad azz afro.

A very dynamic view of the sun and its surface activity for February 10th. It makes me hot just to look at this.